It followed me home (Part 2)

[ithinkverydeeply]

Cool knife!

 

[Travbud1]

Very nice Miller! Those files look brand new.

 

[Kevin Houtzager]

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[Miller '72]

Very nice Miller! Those files look brand new.

Thank you, they are NOS.

Cool knife!

Thanks, it's nice and slim-fits well in my pocket, will be razor sharp and a fine blade to use for rope, paddeling, twine/burlap and around the yard...my general use and and abuse.

 

[Yankee Josh]

Time to convince Mr coffee I need more to go and grab a rake

Nice finds! Those files are so nice... I'm buying a grobet inox file this evening if i can find a retailer who has the one I'm looking for.
What year is your E&S?

 

[jblyttle]

IMG_20190428_102257 by Justin Lyttle, on Flickr

 

[Miller '72]

Nice finds! Those files are so nice... I'm buying a grobet inox file this evening if i can find a retailer who has the one I'm looking for.
What year is your E&S?

Its love hate for me with new files...especially NOS...love to have them, they work the best...hate to use them, they will wear eventually lol!

I believe it's a '41. It could be '40....possibly even maybe a '47.
With the mark of W

My Maine collection is off to a good start...I am thinking I can add a wall for Maine.

 

[Miller '72]

In doing a little reading last night I discovered that E&S was selling axe heads to the forestry students of Paul Smith's College back in the 1950's and 1960's...$5 a head I think I read.
I have not confirmed this thru another source yet but it is certainly plausable.
Pretty cool.

 

[Fmont]

I picked up a really cool set of Schollhorn/Bernard parallel jaw pliers with wire cutter on the side. I have 4 pairs of Knipex pliers wrenches, these will work in tandem with them!

 

[Fmont]

 

[junkenstien]

Given to me earlier and have found good stuff marked diamond up here in MN,google is giving a bunch of china stuff on diamond marks if anyone knows this one I appreciate it

 

[phantomknives]

IMG_20190428_102257 by Justin Lyttle, on Flickr

Now that's an old saw

 

[Brian Rust]

That is not a Chinese diamond for sure. Most diamond edge tools are from “Shapleigh’s Hardware”. I have quite a few hatchets/axes from them. You can spot the Chinese ones pretty easily. That is a nice shapleighs hardware store axe I’m guessing!

 

[Brian Rust]

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I have a few of these laying around myself! Very handy to have for sure!!

 

[rjdankert]

if anyone knows this one I appreciate it

Don't know about that one. FWIW, Here is a similar and a Shapleigh (neither mine):




Bob

 

[Fmont]

There's Walters Black Diamond as well, but I don't recall the stamp being like that

 

[jblyttle]

IMG_20190501_084315 by Justin Lyttle, on Flickr

 

[ithinkverydeeply]

Given to me earlier and have found good stuff marked diamond up here in MN,google is giving a bunch of china stuff on diamond marks if anyone knows this one I appreciate it

Looks like there were a lot of brands that used diamonds to mark their top of the line axes.

Various examples with similar designs.

 

[Brian Rust]

Those shapleigh axes had many different stamps. Some just said Diamond Edge. Some had that stamp. Some had diamond forged steel. That would be my guess still. I’m sure there are stamps I have never seen before.

 

[crbnSteeladdict]

Given to me earlier and have found good stuff marked diamond up here in MN,google is giving a bunch of china stuff on diamond marks if anyone knows this one I appreciate it

Hackett Hardware Co of St. Paul Minn

https://books.google.com/books?id=46Q-AQAAMAAJ&pg=RA14-PA57&dq=Hackett+hardware+st+paul&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjsirXeufvhAhULTt8KHbz4CT4Q6AEIMjAC#v=onepage&q=Hackett hardware st paul&f=false

https://books.google.com/books?id=u3BKAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA443&dq=Hackett,+Gates,+Hurty+Co&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiL7q21uvvhAhWPd98KHf4AD7IQ6AEIQTAF#v=onepage&q=Hackett, Gates, Hurty Co&f=false

https://www.worthpoint.com/worthopedia/hackett-diamond-single-bevel-single-1799304541
https://www.worthpoint.com/worthopedia/vintage-small-axe-hatchet-heads-52984386